Fernando Torres: 'Kasabian Got Spain To World Cup Final'

Footballer Fernando Torres has thanked Kasabian for helping Spain get to the World Cup final.

The striker said the band's hit 'Club Foot' had inspired his teammates before each game at the tournament, and that they aimed to play it again before the final on Sunday (July 11).

Torres told The Sun that he would like to repay the band by going to watch them live.

"If we win the World Cup I would like to present them with a Spain shirt signed by all of us lads because their music has been a big inspiration to us in the dressing room,” he said.

"We will all come to watch them. "Me, Cesc Fabregas and Pepe Reina didn't know they liked their football. That's cool.”

But Torres said it was unlikely that he would sign for Kasabian's local team Leicester City.

"I can't promise them I would sign for Leicester City because I need to be playing for the highest honours,” he said.

As previously reported on Gigwise, frontman Tom Meighan slammed England's performance at the World Cup this week.

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